I've got some FOs up in this here mofo! (I would hope so right? It's been like, 3 weeks since my last post)
I finished the Villenueve top and it is sooo very cute! I love it, and plan on wearing it to TWIST! I have a lot of sock yarn, so I may make another, though it would have to be multi colour, as I don't think I have any more sock yarn in that yardage.
(edit: I did wear it to TWIST, and I was very pleased with how it looked)
I finished my first 58 chevy sock. It was an enjoyable knit, for socks. I haven't gotten around to casting on the second sock. Second sock syndrome x2, 'cuz I haven't cast on the second Biltmore sock either.
When I finished the body of my sweater, which was a few weeks ago, I tried it on and found it kind of tight. Not horribly so, but enough that I am hoping there's a wee bit of growth when washed, which was the whole point of making the sweater one size smaller.
Next, of course, were sleeves. Dreaded, dreaded sleeves. I forgot that there was errata to go with the pattern, so when I started working on the first sleeve, the numbers weren't working out. I ripped out the bloody sleeve twice before I remembered there was something about a marker being in the wrong place. Looked it up, found the errata, wrote a note in my pattern and voila! The short rows worked just fine. I used almost a whole skein for the sleeve cap and switched to the Honey. I took very precise notes about the whole process of changing colour; I Russian joined the Marble and Heather, starting from 4 stitches before the BOR marker, and made sure to note the exact length of yarn used, in inches. I'm pretty pleased with how that turned out.
I really love my colour choices.
I finished knitting the sweater on the 21st of August, I took the picture right away, so don't judge too harshly (also, shitty pics remember? it's how I roll) The ends still need to be weaved in. I'll do that after I give the sweater a good soak. My fingers are crossed that there will be just the right amount of growth.
(I wrote about my sad experience with my Baby Beluga socks, in my last post, but to refresh your memory they bled HORRIBLY, and the pearly white now looks this dirty, dingy greyish green)
I went on Ravelry and posted a comment on the yarn page asking if anyone had any issues with bleeding. The dyer at Scrumptious Purl contacted me almost immediately. She's never had that happen with that colourway, and she felt quite badly so she's sending me another skein of sock yarn. Not in the same colourway, there's no way I want to knit up the exact same colour of socks, not when I already have second sock syndrome! I told her that I liked Berrylicious, Business Casual, O Naturel and that she could choose which one to send me. I ended up receiving Business Casual and I really, really like it, and I can't wait to knit them up.
Next, of course, were sleeves. Dreaded, dreaded sleeves. I forgot that there was errata to go with the pattern, so when I started working on the first sleeve, the numbers weren't working out. I ripped out the bloody sleeve twice before I remembered there was something about a marker being in the wrong place. Looked it up, found the errata, wrote a note in my pattern and voila! The short rows worked just fine. I used almost a whole skein for the sleeve cap and switched to the Honey. I took very precise notes about the whole process of changing colour; I Russian joined the Marble and Heather, starting from 4 stitches before the BOR marker, and made sure to note the exact length of yarn used, in inches. I'm pretty pleased with how that turned out.
I really love my colour choices.
(I wrote about my sad experience with my Baby Beluga socks, in my last post, but to refresh your memory they bled HORRIBLY, and the pearly white now looks this dirty, dingy greyish green)
I went on Ravelry and posted a comment on the yarn page asking if anyone had any issues with bleeding. The dyer at Scrumptious Purl contacted me almost immediately. She's never had that happen with that colourway, and she felt quite badly so she's sending me another skein of sock yarn. Not in the same colourway, there's no way I want to knit up the exact same colour of socks, not when I already have second sock syndrome! I told her that I liked Berrylicious, Business Casual, O Naturel and that she could choose which one to send me. I ended up receiving Business Casual and I really, really like it, and I can't wait to knit them up.
I still feel weird about accepting a replacement skein, because the socks are still wearable. Just not showoff-able. They are still squishy and soft and comfy af. They just look ugly and dirty. But, on the other hand (as I keep telling myself) I paid for them, and knit them-that's a not insignificant amount time that I can't get back, right?
Then, last week, I got an email from Biscotte&Cie asking for my email address so they can send me a free skein of Bis-Sock! How cool is that? I wrote a review of their sock yarn and was entered into a contest. There were four skeins to be won, 3 new colourways and an exclusive, and I got the exclusive!! It's very speckled and very pretty!
Also, it doesn't have a name on it, which kind of drives me bonkers. My yarn must have a name dammit, and I'm just not creative enough.
Contest idea? Name Camb's yarn? Hahaha!
My long time friends invited us up to their cottage the weekend before last, it had been 5 long yrs since the last time we went up. They have 4 kids, we have 4 kids, so there was always something going on, or someone was sick, or someone was competing in something. Very hard to work around the schedule of 12 people. Anyway, we had an absolutely lovely weekend, even though it pretty much rained the whole time, until we started packing up the car to come home of course.
Because I needed something to knit on the way there (almost 2 hour car ride) I decided to cast on the Reverb shawl by Felicia Lo, and using my Cobblestone mini skeins. (fun fact, the pattern is written for the SweetGeorgia Party of Five mini skein set)
It was a bit slow going, I can never remember the way to do M1L and M1R*. It was also slow going because driving up in the mountains is so distracting and beautiful, and the seriously winding roads once we were 15 minutes away from the cottage were making me a little queasy.
By the time we got home, I had finished the first colour section of the shawl, and was just working on the second colour. The shawl was then left in the project bag for a week (until TWIST)
*I've mastered it now, thanks to knitting the shawl there and back
TWIST!!!
(for good pictures go here. My ass is in one of the pictures, as is mah knitta's ass, our asses are fabulous!)
This year my mom couldn't babysit B, as she was going to be out of province. My daughter A offered to babysit so M and I could go, but neither M nor I were comfortable with both of us being almost 2hrs north of home if something went wrong, so we kind of had it in our minds to bring B up with us, but mah knitta decided that she was going to TWIST this year and that I could join her and her hubby. Perfect!
So we were on our way bright and early Saturday morning. For the car ride I brought the Reverb shawl and did some knitting on it, working my way through most of the second colour. But I also brought and worked on my current sock project. It's the Sparkly Plum (Tanis Fibre Arts) that I had cast on a few weeks ago. I finished the heel flap, and picked up the stitches for the gusset and started some of the gusset decreases before switching back to the Reverb. I'm not really finding the knit all that interesting. It's kind of boring to be honest, but the yarn is soooo lovely. I think I'll be getting a lot of wear out of this shawl when it's done though...if it gets done.
But back to TWIST! We arrive, we greet the alpacas
(little sassy buggers), we walk into the arena and it's wonderful! Fibre and stunning colours as far as the eye can see. Like my first year, the plan was to walk around first, look at all the things and then make another loop and start with the spending of the monies. Admittedly, I bought a bag right away, a special TWIST tote bag. I needed something to hold all my yarn right? A couple of our local yarn stores were there-Mouline and La Maison Tricote. As much as I love my lys' I wasn't planning on spending money at either of those booths, since I can go to those stores whenever I want. I specifically wanted to buy yarn that was not super accessible to me. I did buy a little wooden yarn holder from La Maison Tricote, but I did not buy yarn from them.
Wanna see some shitty pics?
So what did I buy?
I bought three skeins of Merino Dk by The Black Lamb, in Spice.
I bought two skeins of Griffon by Biscotte&Cie in Arc en Ciel.
I bought one skein of Sock Adventures by Red Sock Blue Sock in Dreamcatcher
I bought four skeins of Mericana Dk by Artfils, three in black and one in Clair de Lune
I bought one skein of Sock Star by Fibrelya in Cherry Blossom
I also bought some stitch markers and a black sheep measuring tape from Tricot-The-Serre.
And the Twist bag; with the stitch markers, measuring tape and the yarn holder by Pierre Tardif (that is sold, along with other wooden notions, at La Maison Tricote)
Overall, I'm very, very happy with my purchases and my restraint. It's hard not to be all kid-in-a-candy-store at TWIST. I brought only cash (which I did not completely spend, I actually had a significant amount of cash leftover-go me!) I left the credit card and debit card at home so I wouldn't accidentally overspend.
I do regret not buying that super cute cat printed knitting bag and there was some yarn Aran weight yarn that I had eyed at the Trailhead Yarns booth that I regret not buying...and I really regret not buying some of that gorgeous Riverside Studio worsted weight merino singles. I blame hunger, my tummy started a'rumblin' and I needed to get a bison burger (so.damn.good)
I'm really bummed that Gaspereau Valley Fibres wasn't there this year, I was ready to spend lots of money on Mineville Wool Project yarn.
Also bummed that the company who sold those awesome felted soaps weren't there.
Hey, did I mention I joined a yarn club? Yarn Crush! I signed up for a three month thingy. Got 15$ off because it was their one year anniversary. I should get my first shipment in the next couple of weeks. I'll write about that a bit more in my next post, after I get my first box.
So yeah, a lot of yarn. An ass-ton of yarn. I put it all in my Ravelry stash and I'm a little scared by how much I have. It's a little frightening and a little overwhelming (and I still haven't added all those partials and dishcloth cottons). I have sweater quantities and quantities that are perfect for shawls and other accessories. I do not need to buy any yarn for quite a long time. Maybe not until the next TWIST festival...
Returned home from TWIST in the mid-afternoon and did some of the usual Saturday errands. Then, Saturday night, M and I turned to CBC to watch the Tragically Hip concert. It was one of those shows that you watch with tears in your eyes, and a big smile on your face. Gord Downie is our poet. His death will be a tremendous loss to music, and to Canada.
I also feel the need to say that I love that the CBC ran the whole concert, uninterrupted, no commercial breaks, no logos anywhere. I'm feeling proud of my country!
Another reason to be proud? Canada won 22 medals in the summer Olympics, and 16 of those medals were won by women! Fantastic!
Then, last week, I got an email from Biscotte&Cie asking for my email address so they can send me a free skein of Bis-Sock! How cool is that? I wrote a review of their sock yarn and was entered into a contest. There were four skeins to be won, 3 new colourways and an exclusive, and I got the exclusive!! It's very speckled and very pretty!
Contest idea? Name Camb's yarn? Hahaha!
My long time friends invited us up to their cottage the weekend before last, it had been 5 long yrs since the last time we went up. They have 4 kids, we have 4 kids, so there was always something going on, or someone was sick, or someone was competing in something. Very hard to work around the schedule of 12 people. Anyway, we had an absolutely lovely weekend, even though it pretty much rained the whole time, until we started packing up the car to come home of course.
Because I needed something to knit on the way there (almost 2 hour car ride) I decided to cast on the Reverb shawl by Felicia Lo, and using my Cobblestone mini skeins. (fun fact, the pattern is written for the SweetGeorgia Party of Five mini skein set)
By the time we got home, I had finished the first colour section of the shawl, and was just working on the second colour. The shawl was then left in the project bag for a week (until TWIST)
*I've mastered it now, thanks to knitting the shawl there and back
TWIST!!!
This year my mom couldn't babysit B, as she was going to be out of province. My daughter A offered to babysit so M and I could go, but neither M nor I were comfortable with both of us being almost 2hrs north of home if something went wrong, so we kind of had it in our minds to bring B up with us, but mah knitta decided that she was going to TWIST this year and that I could join her and her hubby. Perfect!
So we were on our way bright and early Saturday morning. For the car ride I brought the Reverb shawl and did some knitting on it, working my way through most of the second colour. But I also brought and worked on my current sock project. It's the Sparkly Plum (Tanis Fibre Arts) that I had cast on a few weeks ago. I finished the heel flap, and picked up the stitches for the gusset and started some of the gusset decreases before switching back to the Reverb. I'm not really finding the knit all that interesting. It's kind of boring to be honest, but the yarn is soooo lovely. I think I'll be getting a lot of wear out of this shawl when it's done though...if it gets done.
But back to TWIST! We arrive, we greet the alpacas
Wanna see some shitty pics?
So what did I buy?
And the Twist bag; with the stitch markers, measuring tape and the yarn holder by Pierre Tardif (that is sold, along with other wooden notions, at La Maison Tricote)
Overall, I'm very, very happy with my purchases and my restraint. It's hard not to be all kid-in-a-candy-store at TWIST. I brought only cash (which I did not completely spend, I actually had a significant amount of cash leftover-go me!) I left the credit card and debit card at home so I wouldn't accidentally overspend.
I do regret not buying that super cute cat printed knitting bag and there was some yarn Aran weight yarn that I had eyed at the Trailhead Yarns booth that I regret not buying...and I really regret not buying some of that gorgeous Riverside Studio worsted weight merino singles. I blame hunger, my tummy started a'rumblin' and I needed to get a bison burger (so.damn.good)
I'm really bummed that Gaspereau Valley Fibres wasn't there this year, I was ready to spend lots of money on Mineville Wool Project yarn.
Also bummed that the company who sold those awesome felted soaps weren't there.
Hey, did I mention I joined a yarn club? Yarn Crush! I signed up for a three month thingy. Got 15$ off because it was their one year anniversary. I should get my first shipment in the next couple of weeks. I'll write about that a bit more in my next post, after I get my first box.
So yeah, a lot of yarn. An ass-ton of yarn. I put it all in my Ravelry stash and I'm a little scared by how much I have. It's a little frightening and a little overwhelming (and I still haven't added all those partials and dishcloth cottons). I have sweater quantities and quantities that are perfect for shawls and other accessories. I do not need to buy any yarn for quite a long time. Maybe not until the next TWIST festival...
Returned home from TWIST in the mid-afternoon and did some of the usual Saturday errands. Then, Saturday night, M and I turned to CBC to watch the Tragically Hip concert. It was one of those shows that you watch with tears in your eyes, and a big smile on your face. Gord Downie is our poet. His death will be a tremendous loss to music, and to Canada.
I also feel the need to say that I love that the CBC ran the whole concert, uninterrupted, no commercial breaks, no logos anywhere. I'm feeling proud of my country!
Another reason to be proud? Canada won 22 medals in the summer Olympics, and 16 of those medals were won by women! Fantastic!
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